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Bani Qahtan Castle

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Bani Qahtan castle (Arabic: قلعة بني قحطان) is found in the Syrian Coastal Mountains, about 40 km from Latakia city.

The Bani Qahtan Castle also refers to the small village surrounding the castle. It is administratively part of the Ayn al-Sharqiyah subdistrict of the Jableh District of Latakia Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 347 in the 2004 census.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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